So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
Mr. President at this time it is suicide, murder, and will lose us every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“She pressed the blade’s tip into her palm and cut. Not as deeply as he had, but enough to ensure a successful… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Star Wars' is such a phenomenal global supernova that anything that gets said about it becomes kind of fact and gospel, and… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
“Forceful little thing, aren’t you?” “You have no idea. So we doing this or not?” Those lush lips twitched. “Let me get… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
The remarkable legion of the unremarked, whose individual opinions are not colorful or different enough to make news, but whose collective opinion,… — William Safire Copy Share Image
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The number of 'unneccessary' errors that have been committed on move 41 are legion. — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a… — Benjamin Smith Copy Share Image
Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must not… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
No,''he said.''I was a Strigoi. I was one of them. I did...terrible things.'' The words were mild, but the tone of his… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I think of the U.S. Marines like we used to think of the Foreign Legion; as big mouths with big hearts. — Catherine Leroy Copy Share Image
Evolution is an obstacle course not a freeway; the correct analogue for long-term success is a distant punt receiver evading legions of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The Arabs were Germany's natural friends...They were therefore prepared to cooperate with Germany with all their hearts and stood ready to participate… — Haj Amin al-Husseini Copy Share Image
It was before Deity embodied in a human form walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears;… — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
My parents were lenient. My mother believed God was another word for nature. I took up Satanism not out of desperation, but… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's… — Azzedine Alaia Copy Share Image
